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transcuprein

transcuprein noun: a small protein with a specific role in plasma copper transport.

Noun

transcuprein (uncountable)

  1. A small protein with a specific role in plasma copper transport.
    • Albumin (about 69 kDa) has a very high affinity Cu(II) site at its N-terminus (Kd about 10−12 M) in most mammals; and transcuprein, which in humans is alpha-2-macroglobulin, has an even higher Cu affinity.2016 March 3, “Mechanism of Copper Uptake from Blood Plasma Ceruloplasmin by Mammalian Cells”, in PLOS ONE, →DOI

Origin of transcuprein

From trans- + cupro- + -in.

Questions about transcuprein

What does transcuprein mean?
Transcuprein means a small protein with a specific role in plasma copper transport.
What part of speech is transcuprein?
Transcuprein is a noun.

Words near transcuprein in the dictionary

  1. transculturations
  2. transculturisation
  3. transculturisations
  4. transculturization
  5. transculturizations
  6. transcuprein
  7. transcur
  8. transcurred
  9. transcurrence
  10. transcurrent
  11. transcurrently

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